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Organizing Socks

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July 12, 2011

If you place the socks at the bottom of the wash load, they are less likely to be thrown over the top of the washer and pumped out with the water. I read this tip somewhere years ago, and I have raised three kids and a husband using it with very few lost socks!

 
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July 9, 2004

This is a great tip that I have found works very well. Place a small basket on the top of the dryer, one for each family member.

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When the clothes are dry, you can throw each member's socks in the basket.

 
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July 1, 2012

I was tired of losing socks in the wash so I came up with an easy idea to keep them together. I safety pin together my sock pairs! Most households have safety pins lying around, so put them to good use!

 
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June 17, 2012

In 44 years of being a wife and mother I can honestly say I have never lost socks in the wash. I taught husband and kids to fold socks together when they took them off.

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I only put pairs in the machine and always at the bottom of the machine.

 
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April 20, 2007

Each family member has a different color sock; 4 boys, my husband, and myself. Makes it easy to sort. Black, gray, white, gray with a stripe, and gray with a colored heel.

 
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January 11, 2021

I am trying to organize my bedroom closet and socks are the bane of my existence. So today I thought of something that really helped.

A basket hanging from two hangers in the closet.

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April 20, 2011

Buy several pair of the same make, model, and color and not only do you save time sorting laundry, but if one goes bad or missing, you still have back-ups and an extra.

 
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April 5, 2011

I often buy several pairs of the same color of socks so that if one sock of the pair wears out, there will still be several mates.

 
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September 16, 2010

I have two small boys and while sorting socks, I find that although they wear different sizes when rolled they all look like the same size.

 
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October 7, 2009

Always buy mens and boys' socks in quantities of a dozen or more of matching pairs.

 
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March 25, 2009
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